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Cake: The new favorite mode for American political debate? An Oregon bakery was fined $135,000 for refusing to bake a cake for a lesbian couple's wedding. A Louisiana man posted a video to the Internet lambasting a local Wal-Mart for not making a cake with a Confederate flag on it. "Cake has had symbolic meaning in this country," even aside from politics, said Stephen Schmidt, food historian and writer for the Manuscripts...
Source: The Associated Press
| By: By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press

Things to know about Canadian hydropower in US Northeast -In 2014, 1.6 percent of the electricity purchased in the U.S. came from Canada, and 60 percent of that went to New England and New York, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Canadian imports made up 12 to 16 percent of retail electricity sales in New England and New York. -In 2014, Hydro- Quebec, the biggest Canadian player in New England, exported...
Source: The Associated Press
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Canadian rivers: Solution to Northeast's high energy prices? CONCORD, N.H.- Plenty of raw electricity sloshes around in Quebec's rivers and reservoirs, promising relief for U.S. northeasterners, who pay the nation's highest power costs. But getting those electrons to smartphones and air conditioners in Boston, Hartford and New York City is another matter entirely. The six New England governors say reining in the costs is a...
Source: The Associated Press
| By: By RIK STEVENS, Associated Press

Verizon workers to stay on job without new contract NEW YORK- Verizon and unions representing workers in nine states said employees will work without a contract as more negotiations are scheduled. Marc Reed, Verizon's chief administrative officer, said the company is "disappointed" it was unable to reach an agreement with the unions despite "six weeks of good faith bargaining and a very strong effort by the...
Source: The Associated Press

UPDATE 1-Verizon workers in U.S. East could strike on Sunday, union says Aug 1- Thousands of Verizon Communications Inc workers on the U.S. East Coast could strike on Sunday with no sign of an agreement as contract negotiations with unions went to the wire, a union spokeswoman said on Saturday. Verizon spokesman Rich Young said: "At this point, we remain committed to continuing to negotiate in good faith with our unions."
Source: Reuters

Clinton releases tax, medical records as emails made public Within a three-hour period Friday, the State Department made public more than 2,200 pages of emails sent from Clinton's personal account, her campaign released a letter from her personal doctor about her health and she unveiled eight years of tax returns. Meanwhile, Clinton herself was campaigning at the annual meeting of the National Urban League and...
Source: The Associated Press
| By: By LISA LERER, Associated Press

Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange head arrested The head of the failed Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox was arrested in Tokyo on Saturday on suspicion of inflating his cash account by $1 million.
Source: The Associated Press

EXCLUSIVE-Donald Trump's companies have sought visas to import at least 1,100 workers NEW YORK, July 31- Donald Trump is staking his run for U.S. president in part on a vow to protect American jobs. But this month, one of his companies, the elite Mar-a-Lago Club resort in Florida, applied to import 70 foreign workers to serve as cooks, wait staff and cleaners. Nine companies majority-owned by Trump have sought to bring in foreign waitresses, cooks,...
Source: Reuters
| By: Mica Rosenberg, Ryan McNeill, Megan Twohey and Michelle